How our voting system (and IRV) betrays your favourite candidate
The Center for Election Science · 5 HN recommendations
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The Center for Election Science explains favorite betrayal in instant-runoff voting: in some elections, ranking your favorite first can cause your least favorite to win. It contrasts this with plurality voting's spoiler problem.
Why HN recommends it: The standard link in ranked-choice voting threads to show IRV does not eliminate the spoiler effect.
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